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Tim: Do the right thing and step down
Opposition MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh told reporters that due to the circumstances of McDonald’s issues, she should “do the right thing and step down as MP.” He said the Opposition would call for her to do...
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Query on Kamla’s relatives employed at her Siparia office
Allegations surfaced last night that two relatives of former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar are employed at her Penal constituency office.The news came last night in a CNC3 report, two days...
View ArticleCalls for Marlene to step down as MP
While former PNM Port-of-Spain South nominee Louis Lee Sing insists dismissed minister Marlene McDonald should step down as the area’s MP—and a by-election be held—another former nominee Isha Wells...
View ArticleMitchell ready for housing job
Eight years after he joined the PNM, attorney Randall Mitchell has already replaced two of the PNM’s biggest stalwarts and is now holding one of the top frontline ministerial portfolios in T&T- the...
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Novel way to feed homeless
ReThink yesterday launched the Feed the Need for Happiness initiative by feeding between 50 and 100 Port-of-Spain street dwellers and hungry individuals with wholesome restaurant food that would have...
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Headless body identified from police database
Relatives of Eden Nekeisha Teesdale, whose headless corpse was found stuffed in a barrel near the Mitan River in Manzanilla, believe her gruesome murder could have been a crime of passion.Teesdale, 26,...
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Security officer killed at worksite
Security supervisor Max Martin should have been spending yesterday at home with his family, but reported for duty to fill in for an ill colleague and was shot dead by bandits.Although police believe...
View ArticleDillon seeks greater role for spy agency to suppress crime
National Security Minister Edmund Dillon yesterday admitted that crime was intolerable in T&T and said the mandate of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA) must be expanded to deal with the...
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DPP hamstrung by lack of budget
The inability of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to manage its own finances is one of the reasons cited for delays in the criminal justice system. Addressing a meeting of the...
View ArticleMoody’s downgrades Petrotrin
Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) has downgraded the corporate family and senior unsecured debt ratings for state owned energy company Petrotrin to Ba3 from Ba1. The ratings agency has also lowered...
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Tatil’s Sumairsingh: Switch from imported to local
There is no likelihood of a food shortage if consumers shift their tastes from imported to local items, deputy chairman of the Ansa McAL Group of Companies Ray Sumairsingh said yesterday.“We have been...
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Anti-dumping duties imposed on Chinese exporters
Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon has instructed the Comptroller of Customs and Excuse to impose anti-dumping duties on aluminium products from the People’s Republic of China.According to the February...
View ArticleAnisa Mohammed— first to 100 T20I wickets
With little fanfare and hardly a mention in the world’s sporting press, Anisa Mohammed, West Indies and Trinidad off-spinner, created cricketing history in the recent World Cup match against Pakistan...
View ArticleWASA wastes more water than consumers
I support the call by WASA to save water, and I understand the need to ration supplies by districts. However, this puts an added burden of responsibility upon WASA. They must implement an emergency...
View ArticleNo need to jump off buildings, things ‘nice’
Have you ever felt very ill with all the signs and symptoms but when you visit the doctor he says things are not bad?The IMF has acknowledged the steps taken by the Government because of the drop in...
View ArticleReview all constituency offices
A 2014-Assessment Report submitted to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in T&T was entitled “Constituency Relations of the Parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.” This...
View ArticlePublish names of VAT abusers
Congratulations to the Ministry of Trade for their prompt attention to investigate consumer complaints about the new VAT regime being added to the old 15 per cent VAT. Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon...
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Police probe teacher’s murder
Investigations are continuing into the murder of a 38-year-old secondary schoolteacher at Maracas, St Joseph.The deceased was identified as Sherwin Wallace of Fairley Street, Tunapuna.According to a...
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T&T food crisis looming
T&T does not produce enough food to feed its population.In fact, if women were to take the advice given by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to “learn to peel cassava” in an attempt to cut spending,...
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D’ Junction Mobile app a hit
With a long Easter weekend and holidays coming up and you’re looking for places to go with your children, if you have overseas visitors and are in a quandary where to take them, or a party-goer looking...
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